Michael Garrett > Michael's Quotes

“Authors are entertainers. We perform on pages rather than stage or screen. We also have a more intimate connection with our audience. Our stories play in the minds of our readers, and hours of our readers' time are devoted exclusively to our works.”
― Michael Garrett

“Book-buyers aren’t attracted, by and
large, by the literary merits of a novel;
book-buyers want a good story . . .”
― Stephen King

“The purpose of page one is to convince the reader to read page two. The purpose of page two is to convince the reader to read page three, and so on and so on.”
― Michael Garrett, The Prose Professional 2020: Your Career As A Fiction Writer